Vacuum cleaner



' July 11, 1939. F, REBEL, JR 2,165,671

VACUUM CLEANER Filed July so, 1932 Patented July 11,- 1939 VACUUM cumrma rreaerlck Bicbel In, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to Air-Way Electric Appliance Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application July so, 1932, Serial No: 626,682

7' Claims.

This'invention relates to suction cleaners and particularly to porous paper dust collectors for suction cleaners.- The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement for employing a porous paper dust collector in connection with a pivoted handle cleaner, so as to avoid cracking or rupture of 'the bag at its neck where it connects to the fan casing outlet of the cleaner.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the combination and con-. struction and arrangement of thevarious parts thereof, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as more fully set forth in the accom- 15 panying specifications, pointed out in my claims,

and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

' in which:

The figure shows one may take. n I have used the reference character II to indicate generally the body of a conventional suction cleaner (fan, motor, suction nozzle and floor. wheels). The ian casing has an outlet II which in conventional types of cleaners is'attached'directly to the dust collecting bag.

In the present invention, a flexible, non-porous tube I2 is attached to the outlet l l and its outer end is supported by a bracket It in fixed relation to the handle it so as to move therewith. Sum

a cient flexibility is inherent in the tube to allowthe handle ll to be moved normally.' The flxed endot the tube I2 or the bracket l3, carries a coupling IS. A bagli is attachable at its neck II to the coupling IS. The upper or a rear end of the bag is supported by a'suitable hanger IS, from the handle ll.

form that the invention The bracket 13 removes* all strain from the bag neck il that might otherwise be caused by movement of the handle, and the flexible tube V allows the handle to be moved while continuously affording a passage from the fan casing outlet to the mouth of the bag.

The bracket [3 serves the multiple function of relieving the bag neck of the weight of the flexl 45 ible tube, giving support to the bag where the, weight of the accumulated refuse is concen-' trated, and forcing the outer end of the tube to move in unison with the handle.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a fan casing outlet,'a flexible non-porous tube communicating therewith, a handle pivoted to the body unit and projecting above said tube, a bracket secured to the handle, projecting downwardly, and carrying the outer end of said tube,

a coupling communicating with said tube and carried bythe bracket and a porous paper bag suspended from the handle, said bag having an inlet neck detachably attached to and communi- F cating with said coupling. 2. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a fan. casing outlet, at flexible non-porous tube communicating therewith, a handle pivoted to the body unit and projecting above said tube,

a coupling attached to the outer end of said tube, 10

said coupling being rigidly secured to the handle to move in unison therewith, and a porous paper bag suspended form the handle, said bag having an inlet neck detachably attached to and come municating with said coupling.v

3. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a fan casing outlet, a flexible non-porous tube communicating therewith at one end, a handle pivoted to the body unit and projecting above said tube, a bracket rigidly secured at one end 50 to the handle projecting downwardly, its other end being free and connected to the other end of said tube so as to enforce said end to move in unison with the handle, a coupling communicating with the said other end of the tube, and a porous paper bag suspended from the handle said bag having an inlet neck detachably attached to and communicating with ,said coupling.

4. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a a fan casing outlet, a flexible tube communicating o therewith at one end, a handle pivoted to the body unit, a bracket rigidly secured to the handle at one end, its other end being free and connected tothe other end of said tube so as to enforce said end to move in unison with the handle, a coupling communicating with the said other end of the tube, and a porous paper bag suspended from the handle said bag having an inlet neck detachably attached to and communicatingtwith said coupling. 7

' 5. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a fan casing outlet, a flexible tube communicating with said outlet at one end, a handle hingedly mounted with reference to the body unit, said handle having means projecting downwardly therefrom rigidly connecting ,the' other end of saidytube tothe handle in fixed relation thereto and enforcing said other end to move in unison with the handle, a coupling communicating with the said other end of the tube and fixed relative to the handle, and a porous paper dust collecting and air filtering bag an upper region of which is suspended from the handle and a lower region of which has an inlet neck attached to and commu-. nicating with said coupling and detachable there- 15 with said other end of the 5 ing with said outlet at one end, a handle hingedly mounted with reference to the body unit, said handle having means projecting downwardly therefrom rigidly connecting the other end of said tube to the handle in fixed relation thereto 10 and enforcing said other end to move in unison with the handle, and a porous paper dust collecting and air filtering bag an upper region of which is suspended from the handle and'a lower region of which has an inlet neck communicating 7 tube and detachable therefrom while the latter remains fixed relative to the. handle. v

'7. In a suction cleaner, a body unit including a surface contacting nozzle and means support-' zoing said nozzle for movement upon a .surface covering undergoing cleaning at a fixed height above said surface; a handle hingedly mounted with reference to the body unit on a transverse, horizontal axis, a rigid bracket projecting downwardly from the handle, a bag coupling attached to said bracket, positioned below the handle, spaced therefrom, and rigidly associated-therewith, a porous paper dust collecting and air filtering bag an upper region of which is suspended from the handle and a lower region of which has an inlet neck attached to and communicating with said coupling and detachable therefrom while the coupling remains fixed relative to the handle and suction producting means including a fan case supported upon said body unit forwardly of said coupling, said fan case having an inlet connection communicating with said nozzle and a rearwardly directed outlet connecticn communicating with said coupling, said connectionsand said fan case collectively constitut- 1 ing an air passage from said nozzle to the coupling, one ofsaid connections embodying relatively movable hollow parts constituting a bendable region in said air passage, allowing said handle, coupling and bag in unison tomov'e relatively to the body unit.

FREDERICK REBEL, JR. 

